Working on Legendary HE, need frontline advice

[BIG E.]

I mainly spam sisters of avelorn but i am not sure how to set up my frontline, i am using silverin guard with treekin right now but is it worth it tho ?

I always like to keep at least 2 units that can run down or flank their backline so i have 18 units that i can spare for frontline and archers.

[Zane87]

Silverin are decent and cheap enough for what they do. Charge defense and AL as well, so plus there and relatively high MD.

Sure, a lot would argue for LSG (shields) but Silverin guards are better at actually guarding.
Another option maybe would be Faithbearers with Bretonnia or VCounts Mirror ability for physical reistance. They do worse against Cavalry by themselves but the resistance makes up for it, and they get quite tanky that way, unless the enemy infantry/cav has magic attack. But no tech/red skill bonus as a big downsie.

Edit, I realised how stupid I was to overread the tree kins ^^ nevermind XD

[Inardesco]

Depends what they need to do.

If its just holding back troops -> phoenix guard

If its also soaking up arrows ->silverin guard

That said, SoA are competent enough in melee that they dont need a frontline at all.

[Sn3z]

Its worth but a combination of WL and Silverin + 2/3 treekin. Later you should phase out all of the WL's and Silverin for SM's and PG and replace atleast one of the treekin with treeman.

Alleraille is unique in that she has access to ground monster units like treekin and treeman, these units prop up your frontline and take away jobs that flyers would normally have to cover, which means you can also go low on flyers perhaps 2/3 aswell, they can be exclusively used to support your cavalry units or hit missile units/artillery weak and hero's which is the great thing about HE mid to late game armies thy get very flexible because of their flyers, you can also then go low on SOA these can be used to hit monster units/skirmish unit. LSG can also still be used to guard your flanks since your cavalry is at a low 2.

If you go three WL's then go three treekin and put them on top of the WL's during a battle, inbetween WL's put spear units, they will hold their own